Planned Parenthood Prez ‘Thrilled’ to Award ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Author

A sex slave and forced birth dystopia is “fitting” for a “time when women’s rights are under attack,” according to the head of the organization that destroys the lives of more than 160,000 American baby girls each year.

“I’m thrilled to be presenting Margaret Atwood with the distinct honor of the PEN Center USA’s Lifetime Achievement Award,” Richards praised in a statement.

She pointed to Atwood’s 1985 novel in particular as a reason.

“It’s fitting that the author of The Handmaid’s Tale is being honored at a time when women’s rights are under attack like never before,” she gushed. “I look forward to celebrating Atwood’s achievements next month alongside some of the best writers of our time, and will continue to stand with Planned Parenthood patients and all women in the fights ahead.”

Richards isn’t the only one to make the connection. The media routinely liken the dystopian story and its 2017 Hulu adaptation to “Trump’s America.” On Sept. 17, the show took home eight Emmys after an incredibly political awards ceremony.

Atwood’s story takes place in the Republic of Gilead, a reimagined United States conquered by Christian fundamentalists. The show follows a woman named Offred and her fellow “handmaids” as they are forced to bear children for the upper class.

Doesn’t sound exactly like America. But according Atwood in a Teen Vogue interview, [by comparison] Gilead is even better than America. Abortion was just one reason.

When the magazine asked if Atwood saw Gilead as a “metaphor for other places, other times,” she responded yes. ….

Actor Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation) will serve as host for the Oct. 27 festival held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.